and YOU

Dr. Lesley Farmer

California State University Long Beach

With contributions by Glen Warren (McPherson MS)

Our World

Library Association of the University of California Whereas, students in California higher

education institutions are expected prior to admission to be prepared to conduct information research and think critically by having had instruction at the secondary school level in identifying, locating, evaluating and using information effectively and ethically;

Library Association of the University of California Whereas, students are overwhelmed with

information of all sorts and need guidance in learning how to become "information literate" so that they can identify, locate, evaluate and use information effectively and ethically

What’s the Biggest Learning Gapfor College Freshmen? Finding information!

Finding books: classification and catalogs Going beyond Google and Wikipedia Determining the best kinds of sources Knowing different types of sources: scholarly/peer-reviewed

journals, primary sources, article vs. journal How to choose a database (what IS a database?) Use of key words How to cite correctly And some are just scared about libraries The issue is often quality, not quantity

What Do Our Children Need to Know and Do? Be information literate: access,

evaluate, use Be a lifelong learner: pursue

interests, read, generate knowledge

Be socially responsible: uphold democracy, be ethical, cooperate

Two Separate Worlds?Two Separate Worlds?

Physical Digital

Connected WorldsConnected Worlds

Physidigital

Who Wants your

Student’s Attention

Social Producing Learning Social Rules Designing Profiles Exploring Identity Writing Blogs Writing Software Codes Sharing Producing Music Discussion Interests Social and Political Activism Keeping Friends Risk Assessment

What Are They Doing?

Seeking Validation Competing Popularity Venting Showing Off Embarrassing Self Crowded Isolation Damaging Reputation Pulling Pranks Getting Even Threatening Harassing Bullying

What ELSE Are They Doing?

Digital Reputation Digital Reputation

Who are your children?Who are your children?

Using technology Safely Responsibly Critically Pro-actively

Issues

Sexting Legal Issues Consequences Response Plan

Cyber Bullying Legal Issues Bystander Ethics Response Plan

Phishing “You are a winner!” Protect Information Permission

File Sharing “It’s FREE!” Legal Issues Consequences

Better Issues Field Trips

Legal Issues Consequences Response Plan

Making a Difference Legal Issues Bystander Ethics Response Plan

Savvy Students “You are a winner!” Protect Information Permission

Creators of Content “It’s FREE!” Legal Issues Consequences

Where are your children?

Cyber Safety – Obsolete Models Cyber Safety 1.0 – Crime and Adult Content Cyber Safety 2.0 – Peer to Peer Harm

Common Elements: One Size Fits All Fear Based Youth as Potential Victims Technology both problem and solution Social Media Highly Suspect Result: Power Down and Disconnect Effect

School CommunitySchool Community needs to needs to know. . .know. . .

E-rateFiltering &Monitoring

Archiving Access

Curriculum & Professional Development

Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)

NCLB / EETTAB 307 Chavez

AcceptableUse Policy (AUP) NETS

Responsible Use Policy (RUP) Cyberbullying

Ethical UseInformationLiteracy

Netiquette Tech Literacy

IT DeptTeachers & Staff

Parents Students

Cyber Bullying

Roles and Culture Victim BullyHarmful Bystander Positive Bystander

Cyber bullying

If your child has a problem with a bully, don’t react to the bullyTalk with a trusted adultSave the evidenceBlock the bully online

Encourage each other to help stop cyberbullying – by not passing on other messages and telling the bully to stop.

Cyberbullying Websites http://www.cyberbullying.ca http://www.bullyonline.org/related/cyber.htm http://CyberBully411.org http://Cyberbullying.us

The District’s Authority to Suspend or Expel Students Education Code section 48900(r)

Grounds for suspension and expulsion include:

“Engaged in an act of bullying, including but not limited to, bullying committed by means of an electronic act, as defined in subdivisions (f) and (g) of Section 32261, directed specifically toward a pupil or school personnel.”

Responsible Use Plagiarism Cheating Downloading illegally Sharing files illegally

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Citizenship: Holistic Approach

Four Perspectives • Legislative• Community

• Literacy • Technology

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New Literacies

Technology Literacy Information Literacy Media Creativity Global Literacy Literacy with

Responsibility

Teen Internet Truisms Wikipedia is king Google is awesome Want news? Go online Social networking is good for homework IM> email / Email is so yesterday – it’s for old people and teachers If it’s not on the front page, it probably isn’t worthwhile anyway “Good enough” is good enough Free is good Downloading is OK as long as you’re not selling it I get scared sometimes, but I can take care of myself

Education… Changing Paradigms content >>> text on screen closed libraries >>> open access interaction >>> with content AND machine

TODAY: relationships - instructional, social and supportive digital multimedia learning objects

TOMORROW (literally!): managed eLearning environments the e-Classroom m-Learning

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Communities of Learning

Autonomous, sustained group of people with common values and goals

Social and academic/professional development

Socialization, norms, and openness

Collaborative learning Individual and group

accountability Distributed leadership

What You Parents Bring

Knowledge of your child Life experience Moral compass

What You Parents Can Do

Communicate! – which includes listening Share and respect each other’s worlds Express positive attitudes about technology Explore technologies together Link technologies to life Help empower your children

Family Activities Healthy eating Comparison shopping Ad-smarts Energy savings Getting advice eReading Planning real and virtual trips Digital storytelling and scrapbooking Sharing stories about workplace tech

Empower Youth Using Technology

Review books, media, Internet sites Add content on community websites Create products for the community: photos,

artwork, videos, displays, posters, newsletters, web pages

Train others in technology use Do service learning Conduct oral and community history

http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/net-cetera.aspx

Give One – Get One

Take a moment to think about one aspect of the presentation that may result in new action at the school site. (1 minute)

Share with a elbow partner one thing you gained, and receive from your partner one thing he/she gained. (3 minutes)

…Because children are our future!